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Sir George Grey

The Right Honourable
Sir George Grey
KCB
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Sir George Grey in 1861
3rd Governor of South Australia
In office
15 May 1841 – 25 October 1845
Monarch Victoria
Preceded by Colonel George Gawler
Succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Robe
3rd Governor of New Zealand
In office
18 November 1845 – 3 January 1854
Monarch Victoria
Preceded by Captain Robert FitzRoy
Succeeded by Colonel Thomas Gore Browne
In office
4 December 1861 – 5 February 1868
Monarch Victoria
Premier William Fox
Alfred Domett
Frederick Whitaker
Frederick Weld
Edward Stafford
Preceded by Colonel Thomas Gore Browne
Succeeded by Sir George Bowen
Governor of Cape Colony
In office
1854–1861
Preceded by George Cathcart (Charles Henry Darling acting)
Succeeded by Philip Edmond Wodehouse (Robert Wynyard acting)
11th Premier of New Zealand
In office
13 October 1877 – 8 October 1879
Monarch Victoria
Governor George Phipps
Hercules Robinson
Preceded by Harry Atkinson
Succeeded by John Hall
Personal details
Born (1812-04-14)14 April 1812
Lisbon, Portugal
Died 19 September 1898(1898-09-19) (aged 86)
South Kensington, London, England
Spouse(s) Eliza Spencer (m. 1839)
Relations Seymour Thorne George (nephew)
John Gray (uncle)
Children 1
Education Royal Grammar School, Guildford
Alma mater Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
Religion Anglican
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Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 – 19 September 1898) was a British soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony (South Africa), the 11th Premier of New Zealand and a writer. By political philosophy a Gladstonian liberal and Georgist, Grey eschewed the class system for the prosaic life of Auckland's new governance he helped to establish.

Grey was born in Lisbon, Portugal, the only son of Bvt. Lieutenant-Colonel George Grey, of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot, who was killed at the Battle of Badajoz in Spain just a few days before. His mother, Elizabeth Anne née Vignoles, on the balcony of her hotel in Lisbon, overheard two officers speak of her husband's death and this brought on the premature birth of the child. She was the daughter of a retired soldier turned Irish clergyman, Major later Rev. John Vignoles. Grey's grandfather was Owen Wynne Gray (c. 1745 – 6 January 1819). Grey's uncle was John Gray, who was Owen Wynne Gray's son from his second marriage.

Grey was sent to the Royal Grammar School, Guildford in Surrey, and was admitted to the Royal Military College in 1826. Early in 1830, he was gazetted ensign in the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot. In 1830, his regiment having been sent to Ireland, he developed much sympathy with the Irish peasantry whose misery made a great impression on him. He was promoted lieutenant in 1833 and obtained a first-class certificate at the examinations of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1836.


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